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==Transport== [[SNCF|SNCF's]] [[TER Grand Est#Rail|TER Grand Est]] trains run at about hourly intervals from [[Givet station]] to [[Charleville-Mézières station|Charleville-Mézières]], taking about an hour<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aller de Charleville-Mézières à Givet|url=https://www.sncf-connect.com/train/horaires/charleville-mezieres/givet|website=SNCF Connect}}</ref> for the {{Convert|64|km|abbr=on}} route. [[Chemins de fer de l'Est#History|Compagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes]] opened the station in 1862. [[Opérateur de transport de Wallonie|TEC]] bus 154A runs every hour or two from the station to [[Dinant railway station|Dinant]], taking about 42 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trouver votre itinéraire|url=https://www.letec.be/#/Itinerary/Search/OriginStopId=N301ajb&JourneyFrom=GIVET%20Gare&OriginLatitude=50.1403074&OriginLongitude=4.8182521&DestinationStopID=N232aqb&JourneyTo=DINANT%20Gare&DestinationLatitude=50.2617458&DestinationLongitude=4.9076987&Type=Time&How=bus&How=tram&How=train&How=delijn&How=stib&How=sncb&DateForm=09.03.2022%20%C3%A0%2006:50&WhenForm=go&ArriveDate=09.03.2022%20%C3%A0%2006:46&RequestTimePreference=Respect&IncludeEarliers=No&When=go&LeaveDate=09.03.2022%20%C3%A0%2007:44|access-date=2022-02-20|website=www.letec.be}}</ref> It replaces railway line 154A, which took about 30 minutes<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 May 1982|title=154 Givet - Dinant - Namur|url=https://timetableworld.com/ttw-viewer.php?token=c436a981-0179-4efb-bfd7-6b83188ea516|access-date=2022-02-20|website=timetableworld.com}}</ref> for the {{Convert|22|km|abbr=on}} route<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 May 1931|title=Chemin de Fer Belges, Horaires des Trains|url=https://www.tassignon.be/trains/PDF/IO-OR-19310515-19311003.pdf}}</ref> and closed in 1988. In 2021 a study began into reopening a single track, with a cycleway alongside.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-25|title=Des études en 2022 pour rouvrir la ligne de chemin de fer Givet-Dinant|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/transports/des-etudes-en-2022-pour-rouvrir-la-ligne-de-chemin-de-fer-givet-dinant-1643094023|access-date=2022-02-20|website=France Bleu|language=fr}}</ref> The [[:fr:Ligne 138A (Infrabel)|former Line 138A]] to [[:fr:Gare de Florennes-Central|Florennes]] and [[:fr:Gare de Châtelet|Châtelet]] has been converted to a [[RAVeL network|RAVeL]] cycleway.<ref>{{Cite web|title=De Mariembourg (Couvin) à Hastière * Ligne 156|url=https://ravel.wallonie.be/home/itineraires/local/ligne-156/de-mariembourg-couvin-a-hastiere.html|access-date=2022-02-21|website=ravel.wallonie.be}}</ref> The River Meuse is navigable from the [[North Sea]] to Givet. The [[Canal de la Meuse]] links to the rest of the French canal network. The port declined after the canal was enlarged to allow 1,350 ton barges in the 1960s,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-05-11|title=Port Givet: a true multimodal platform close to the big North Sea ports|url=https://blog.ardennes-developpement.com/en/news/port-givet-true-multimodal-platform-close-to-the-big-north-sea-ports|access-date=2022-02-21|website=blog.ardennes-developpement.com|language=en}}</ref> but, when it was reconnected to the railway in 2013, it was still handling about 760,000 tonnes of freight a year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SNCF : Le renouveau de la ligne Charleville-Givet|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/2013/07/11/sncf-le-renouveau-de-la-ligne-charleville-givet-286199.html|access-date=2022-02-20|website=France 3 Grand Est|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Givet is served by several main roads, including D8051 to [[Rocroi]], formerly [[:fr:Route nationale 51 (France)|N51]], and [[:fr:Route nationale 40 (Belgique)|D949]], which is the French section of Belgium's [[List of National Roads in Belgium#Second network|N40]], linking [[Arlon]] and [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]].
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